Tribune Wins Approval Of FCC

Gets FCC OK

The FCC has approved TRIBUNE COMPANY's request for the assignment of its broadcast licenses, and has granted the company a permanent waiver of the ban on cross-ownership in CHICAGO and temporary waivers in NEW YORK, LOS ANGELES, SOUTH FLORIDA and HARTFORD. 

TRIBUNE owns 23 television stations and eight newspapers, as well as News-Talk WGN-A/CHICAGO.

"We are extremely pleased with today's action by the FCC," said CEO EDDY HARTENSTEIN. "This decision will enable the company to continue moving forward toward emergence from Chapter 11, a process we expect to complete over the course of the next several weeks."

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